Barrel-stand



(NoModelJ H. HEILBRONNER & A. ROSBAOK.

BARREL STAND.

Patented May 5, 1885.

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UNITED STATES a PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY HEILBRONNER AND HENRY A. ROSBAOK, OF SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS.

BARREL-STAN D.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 317,133, dated May 5, 1885.

' Application filed February 18, 1885. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HENRY HEILBRONNER and HENRY A. R0sBAOK,citizens of the United States, residing in Springfield, in the county of Sangamon and State of Illinois, have in vented certain new and useful Improvements in Barrel-Stands, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention has relation to that class of barrel-stands which are adapted to be arranged beneath and connected with a counter, and to permit of the swinging or drawing of the barrelfrom under the same for access to remove its contents; and the invention consists in certain features of construction hereinafter described, and specifically set forth in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of a stand, a barrel thereon, and a section of the floor and counter. Fig. 2 is a perspective of the principal element of the stand. Figs. 3 and 4 are a perspective and a central vertical section, respectively, of the upper end of the standard; and Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the lower end of said standard and sections of adjacent parts.

Like letters indicate like parts in all the figures.

The standard A is preferably, though not essentially, square in cross-section throughout its length, and is provided at each end with a pivot or gudgeon.

B is a metal bearing-block seated within the floor, so that its upper surface is flush therewith, and Bis a similar block set in flush with the under surface of the counter. As illustrated in Fig. 1, the socket of the block B is sufficiently deep to permit the standard A. to be raised vertically until its lower pivot, A, is freed from the block B. In this manner the standard may be placed in position or removed, if desired.

In Figs. 3 and 4. I illustrate a preferred construction, in that the pivot A is adapted to reciprocate longitudinally within a recess, A, within which is arranged at the lower end of the pivot a coiled spring, A which, by means of the pivot and its thumb-piece A, may be compressed, in order that the pivot may be forced downwardly within the standard to permit the latter to be removed from its op- The stand. proper consists of an integral casting, the base 0 of which is apertured at C to receive the square standard A, and is adapted to come directly in contact with the metal box B,whereby, as at this point a large portion of the weight of the barrel and its contents is supported, undue wear of the floor itself is avoided. From the base of the standard proper is extended an arm, 0 which at its end is vertically slotted for the reception of a roller, 0 From the arm 0 are extended laterally integral arms 0*, the upper surfaces of which are flush with that of the main arm A sliding hook, D, shaped to embrace the upper end of the barrel at its chine, and formed as a part of the collar D, which is adapted to fit the square standard A, is provided for the purpose of maintaining a barrel in position upon the stand. The collar D and its hook, by reason of its capability of sliding from the top toward thebottom'of the standard, is capable of being used with barrels or other packages of varied heights.

This being the construction, the operation is as follows: Thestand being swung'from under the counter, and having a base adapted by its square aperture to the square standard, rotates the standard, so that the hook D is brought from a position beneath the counter to that wherein it is readily accessible for adjustment. The barrel being placed upon the stand, the collar is moved downwardly upon the standard until the hook embraces the upper end of the barrel, as shown, when the barrel and stand are swung beneath the counter, the roller 0 reducing the friction, and the metal bearing B also serving the same purpose.

Having claim is 1. In a barrel-stand of the class described, the base 0, adapted to embrace a standard and provided with integral arms 0 0* and with a roller, 0, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a barrel-stand, the combination, with the counter and with the standard of the bardescribed our invention, what we relstand, of a reciprocative spring-seated In testimony whereof we affix our signa- 1opivot, substantially as specified. tures in presence of two witnesses.

3. In a barrel-stand of the class described, the combination, with the standard having a HENRY HEILBRON N ER. 5 lower rigid pivot and an upper longitudinally- HEN BY A. ROSBAOK.

reciprocative pivot, of bearing blocks arranged in a vertical line with each other in a Witnesses:

counter and in a floor beneath the same, sub- 1. B. SWITZER, stantially as specified. G. A. SMITH. 

